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Balloonfest

Nathan Truesdell · USA · Documentary · 7 min · 32K views

Directed by Nathan Truesdell · Starring Mary Allen, Big Chuck, Treb Heining, John Rinaldi · 2017

In 1986 Cleveland released nearly 1.5 million balloons to set a world record. Archival footage shows how the celebration went badly wrong.

An almost unbelievable true story, told through archival footage, where spectacle turns into disaster.

dir. Nathan Truesdell

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